Peleus
Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Quartigod (¼ divine, via Aeacus son of Zeus). Aeacid king of the Myrmidons at Phthia; Argonaut and Calydonian hunter; won the sea-goddess Thetis by holding her through her shape-shifting. Their divine-attended wedding on Mount Pelion — and the golden apple cast there by Eris — began the chain that led to the Trojan War. Father of Achilles by Thetis; the mortal-tier father whose Nereid wife makes his son half-divine.
Parentage
- parent: Aeacus
Children
Domains
- kingship
- the hunt
Powers
- Wrestling mastery
Relations
- spouse: ThetisPind. Isth. 8; Apollod. 3.13.5 (primary)
- father of: AchillesHom. Il. 1.1, 18.84-87 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hom. Il. 18.84-87; Pind. Isth. 8, Nem. 3-5; Apollod. 3.12.6-13.7 (primary)